Where to eat fancy pizzas

Wednesday 5 April 2006 23:00 BST

Pizza shouldn't just be seen as a quick fix on the way home from the pub. From tandoori style chicken to really good buffalo mozzarella, Charles Campion finds the restaurants that are offering rather more superior slices...

Epicurean Pizza Lounge10 Clerkenwell Green, EC1Slick and modern, and very at home here in Clerkenwell, this establishment provides all manner of exotic and over-the-top pizzas. Anyone for a pizza made with tandoori style chicken? £20pp ex-drinks. (020 7490 5577)

Gourmet Pizza Company7 Swallow Street, W1Part of a short chain, the West End branch of Gourmet Pizza Company is a light and bright pizza parlour with some adventurous (and sometimes successful) options on the menu. £10pp ex-drinks. (020 7734 5182)

Fratelli la Bufala45a South End Road, NW3As the name implies, this is a pizza place that starts with really good buffalo mozzarella. These are very genuine pizzas - and they'll bring a smile to the face of even the fussiest diner. £12pp ex-drinks. (020 7435 7814)